First Appearance: Sgt. Fury and His
Howling Commandos#4 (November, 1963)

Powers/Abilities: None. Hawley was a
charismatic radio announcer.

History:
(Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos#4 (fb) - BTS) - Percial
Hawley had been a Berlin correspondent for his father's
newspaper, but was captured by Nazis when the war broke out.
However, he came to be sympathetic to the Nazi cause and
willingly worked for them as "Lord Ha-Ha," an obvious
Englishman exhorting British listeners to his radio broadcast to
surrender to the Nazis.

(Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos#4) -
Recognizing his son's voice and believing him to be working
against his will, Lord Hawley requested aid in rescuing him from
the Nazis. The Howlers were sent to retrieve him, and they did so
by infiltrating Nazi territory disguised as circus performers.
They then ambushed the mansion in which Ha-Ha was staying and
took him against his will. Under heavy fire, they escaped the
mansion, and regrouped at their rendezvous site in Bremerhaven,
where Ha-Ha unsuccessfully tried to bribe Fury into letting him
go. However, as a Nazi tank passed by, Ha-Ha grabbed an automatic
rifle and ran out, shouting and firing in an effort to gain the
Nazis' attention. Failing to recognize Ha-Ha--instead seeing just
a madman rushing them and shooting a gun, the Nazis shot Ha-Ha
dead.

The Howlers managed to fight
their way out of that situation and return to England, but one of
their number was killed in the process: "Junior"
Juniper. Upon returning to the Hawley estate, Nick Fury preserved
the family's honor by telling them that Percival had went out
like a hero.

Comments: Created by Stan "The Man"
Lee, Jack "King" Kirby, and G. Bell.

Despite this unfortunate
first encounter, Percival's sister, Pamela, went on to become one
of Nick Fury's first loves.

Courtesy of Cisco:Lord Ha-Ha was inspired by William Joyce, aka Lord Haw-Haw, a British Fascist
who went to Germany and served the Nazi regime. He was born American, but
identified himself as a Briton. Virulently anti-Semitic, he broadcasted radio
propaganda to the Isles and tried to convert British POWs
into Nazi fighters. Lord Haw-Haw was executed for treason in January 1946."